[H] Word problems

[Winterlight]

I am using Word in Office PRO 2003. Over the years I created a few macros 
and a launch menu for them in Word. Most of them do nothing more then open 
a document. When I do a new install or a upgrade, I have always just copied 
my normal.dot into the template folders, and when I launch, there is my 
menu and macros. When I use the normal dot on different PCs I may have to 
change the paths to the documents I am opening.

It has been a few versions since I wanted to change anything but now I want 
to remove macro, add a new one with a new name on the menu. I can do all 
this, it all works fine, but as soon as I shut down and restart it either 
goes back to  what it was, in the case of a menu name change, or if I 
remove and add a new macro it goes back  to Word defaults, my menu is there 
but will standard Word appetites named.

It is not just the Macro, but the name in the menu that won't stick. I am 
logged in as a administrator. I have tried loading and saving 
normal.dot.... BTW normal.dot appears as a blank document?? I have reduced 
Macro Security to low. I have even tried creating everything from scratch 
with a new install thinking that normal.dot is corrupt.... but nothing works.

I have none of these problems in Excel. Word will let me make other 
permanent changes that involve using it's own appellants, and I can install 
things like Acrobat and it lets it install it's macros, but not me. Not 
only can I not change my own macros, but I can't even change the name of 
a  macro on the menu I created. Well I can, but when I reload it is gone.

This is a problem that I haven't had before, so it must have something to 
do with 2003 permissions and security.

I have none of these sorts of problems with Excel. Anybody know why Word 
won't let me change the menu name or add macros.